how to pronounce percentage

/pɚˈsɛntədʒ/

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percentage is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of percentage in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… the bus tour what percentage of farms …”

meaning of percentage

Percentage is a number that is a part of a whole.

percentage frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word percentage occurs in english on average 15.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics percentage can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that percentage can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;